Spraying device.



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1,035,441. Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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UNITED TATE PlTENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE W. I-IONABACH AND CHARLES S. BRYANT, OF EDWARDSVILLE,

PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRAYING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE HONABAOI-I and CHARLES S. BRYANT, citizens of the United States, residing at Edwvardsville, in the county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Spraying Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in spraying devices.

The primary object of said invention is to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for spraying coal and other ore in which mineral water is necessarily employed.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the valve mechanism that the parts subject to wear may be reinforced with either metal or glass, the metal or glass being easily and conveniently positioned.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the preferred form of spraying mechanism, Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a slightly modified form of valve: and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4tet of Fig. 3.

In the drawings 10 designates a casing which is preferably formed of wood and which is substantially rectangular, the easing being provided with the longitudinally tapered bore 11 and the vertically extending passageway 12, said passageway being extended at right angles at a point near the top of the casing to communicate with a transversely disposed supply pipe 14-. which is secured to the casing by means of loops 15. Thus water which enters the supply pipe is conducted to the transverse bore by means of the vertically extending passage 12. The casing is provided at a point slightly below its center with the transversely disposed aperture 16, the walls 17 of which are tapered in order to produce Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 615,290.

a proper spraying of the water. tapered plug or core 18 is arranged within the tapered bore 11, said core or plug being provided with the centrally disposed cut? away portion 19 which forms a communication between the passage 12 and the outlet 16. This cut-away portion 19 is concaved centrally in order to properly deflect the water and facilitate the spraying. A wear plate is positioned on either side of the casing, the wear plate 20 being of a greater thickness than the wear plate 21, there being a leather-insert 22 between the plate 20 and the casing. The plug 18 is provided with a reduced end portion 23, the shoulder 2-1 which is formed by reducing the end portion contacting with a retaining plate 25 which is secured to the plate 20 by means of the nuts and screws 26, this plate 25 being readily removed when it is desired to remove the plug, the reduced end portion being so .formed as to receive a wrench 27 by which the plug is rotated. It will be seen that by rotating the plug to the position shown in Fig. 2, the valve will be opened and the water which enters through the passage 12 will be sprayed through the aperture 16, the restricting of the water passage between the supply pipe 1 1 and the flared opening 16 assuring a proper spraying of the same.

While, as before stated the casing and plug may be formed of wood, the same may be formed of other material, the construction in either instance being the same. In Fig. 2, a casing 28 is formed for the plug 18, this casing being formed either of metal or glass, the same being held against displacement by the radially extending ribs 28 which extend within grooves formed in the casing.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, the plug in addition to being formed with the central cut away portion 19 is formed wit-h a longitudinally disposed passage 29 which increases in diameter as it nears the opening 30 formed in the plug beyond the plate 21 which is secured to the casing. Thus it will be seen that when the plug or core 18 is rotated, the water will pass through the passage 29, the valve thus discharging in a plurality of directions.

The many advantages of a spraying device of this character will be clearly apparent. It will be noted that the device may be easily and economically manufactured, the same forming an efficient spraying device which may be conveniently transported from one place to another, the various parts being such as may be readilyassembled.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described, a substantially rectangular non-metallic casing, said casing being formed with a tapered transversely disposed bore, a vertically disposed passage communicating with said bore, a supply pipe disposed transversely of the casing and arranged to communicate with said vertically disposed passage, a tapered plug mounted to rotate within the transversely disposed bore, said casing being formed with a rectangular opening, the side Walls of which are tapered, said plug being formed with an opening, tapered to form a continuation of the bottom wall of the rectangular opening, When said open ings are brought in register, the tapered plug being formed with a reduced extension, a plate provided with a tapered opening embracing said plug adjacent its reduced end, a second plate embracing the reduced end of said plug, and securing devices pass ing through both of said plates and extending within said casing.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE W. HONABACH. CHARLES S. BRYANT. Witnesses:

DAVID L. DAVIS, BARNEY KoRN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

